1-1 By: Madden, Walker (Senate Sponsor - Shapiro) H.B. No. 444
1-2 (In the Senate - Received from the House March 15, 2001;
1-3 March 19, 2001, read first time and referred to Committee on
1-4 Intergovernmental Relations; April 26, 2001, reported adversely,
1-5 with favorable Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 6,
1-6 Nays 0; April 26, 2001, sent to printer.)
1-7 COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 444 By: Shapiro
1-8 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-9 AN ACT
1-10 relating to the requirements for write-in candidates in an election
1-11 for city officers.
1-12 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-13 SECTION 1. Sections 146.051 and 146.055, Election Code, are
1-14 amended to read as follows:
1-15 Sec. 146.051. CANDIDATE'S NAME REQUIRED TO APPEAR ON LIST.
1-16 In an [a general] election for city officers, a write-in vote may
1-17 not be counted unless the name written in appears on the list of
1-18 write-in candidates.
1-19 Sec. 146.055. APPLICABILITY OF OTHER CODE PROVISIONS.
1-20 Subchapter B applies to write-in voting in an [a general] election
1-21 for city officers except to the extent of a conflict with this
1-22 subchapter.
1-23 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
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